Niki LaFemina

ARITZIA | Talent Acquisition Leader - Food & Beverage

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

About

Aritzia is a design house with an innovative global platform. We are creators and purveyors of Everyday Luxury, home to an extensive portfolio of exclusive brands for every function and individual aesthetic. We’re about good design, quality materials and timeless style — all with the wellbeing of our People and Planet in mind. Founded in 1984 in Vancouver, Canada, we pride ourselves on creating immersive, highly personalized shopping experiences at aritzia.com and in our 115+ boutiques throughout North America — for everyone, everywhere. Aritzia means style, not trend, and quality over everything. We treat each in-house label as its own atelier, united by premium fabrics, meticulous construction and an of-the-moment point of view. We handpick fabrics from the world’s best mills for their feel, function and ability to last. We obsess over proportion, fit and that just-right silhouette. From hand-painted prints to the art of pocket placement, our innovative design studio considers and reconsiders each detail to create essentials you’ll reach for again, and again, and again. If it isn’t just right, it isn’t Aritzia. We’re honored to be recognized by Forbes as one of Canada’s Best Employers (2023). The ranking is based on survey results from 12,000 working Canadians.

Experience

  • Aritzia (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
    • Director, Food & Beverage Talent Acquisition
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Director, Concierge Talent Acquisition
      Feb 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (3 yrs 7 mos)
    • Director, Talent & Culture
      May 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

      - HR Director for 551-room Forbes 4-Star luxury hotel in Vancouver's city centre - Member of Executive Committee reporting into Hotel General Manager with dotted line to Regional Director of Talent & Culture, PNW - Led HR team of 5 (at peak) to support 450-650 unionized and non-unionized hotel employees across recruitment, compensation & benefits, learning & development, employee and labour relations, employee engagement/recognition, and administrative support

    • Assistant Director, Talent & Culture
      Aug 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Assistant Director, Talent & Culture at Fairmont Austin
    May 2017 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    - Part of pre-opening team (600+ hires) for Austin's largest hotel: 37-story, 1048-room Forbes 4-Star luxury property with 140k sq ft of event space, 7 F&B experiences (all-day dining restaurant, 4-star grill room, lobby lounge, coffee bar and cafe, rooftop/poolside lounge and cigar bar, in-room dining, and speakeasy), featuring rooftop pool deck, 4-star spa, and 3-story Fairmont Gold floor - Reported into Regional Director of HR and led day-to-day HR operations - Led HR team of 5 across recruitment, benefits, learning & development, and administration

  • Fairmont Washington, D.C. (Washington D.C. Metro Area)
    • Talent & Culture Manager
      May 2015 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs

      - HR Manager for 414-room Forbes 4-star luxury hotel in the heart of the nation's capital - Reported into HR Director and executed training & facilitation, recruitment, benefits and payroll administration - Supported employee relations, leave management, and investigations

    • Human Resources Coordinator
      Jan 2013 - May 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Leadership Development Program Participant, Rooms Division
      Sep 2011 - Jan 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Human Resources Manager, Task Force at Fairmont Newport Beach
    Jul 2016 - Jul 2016 · 1 mo